Proposed Amendments to Canon 5, Canon 3, and Terminology Section, of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct

On December 21, 2005, the Judiciary Standards Committee filed proposed amendments to Canon 5, Canon 3, and the Terminology Section of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct. The Court considered the matter, and

ORDERED, the proposed amendments to Canon 5, Canon 3, and the Terminology Section of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct, as further amended by the Court, are ADOPTED effective immediately, subject to a 45-day comment period.

FURTHER ORDERED, any person wishing to comment on the proposed amendments may do so in writing before Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Written comments may be e-mailed to Penny Miller, Clerk of the Supreme Court, at supclerkofcourt@ndcourts.gov, or addressed to 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 180, Bismarck, ND 58505-0530.

The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened January 4, 2006, with the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Daniel J. Crothers, Justices, directing the Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order. The Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, being unavoidably absent, did not participate in this decision.